Gender REVEAL

This is quite a LATE post as we found out in July.. but since I'm finally posting about our little BABY, here it is..

I knew I wanted to find out the sex of our little "alien" in my belly. I didn't want all yellow stuff.. I wanted bows and tutus for a little girl or sports onesies and ties!

You can find out the sex sooo early now-a-days!  Like at 12 weeks or something through a blood test. I am doing minimal ultrasounds through my pregnancy, so I waited until the doctor wanted to do one to check development of baby's heart, brain, and body.

On July 11th, we went in for our ultrasound. We couldn't wait! Unfortunately,  baby was being SOOOO dang stubborn! Baby's hands were covering the face; baby was face down, SOUND asleep; the umbilical cord was between the legs and both feet were tucked up to cover the goody/goodies. I rolled around, jumped up and down,  poked around, and even ATE chocolate.. still NOTHING!! My doctor was running late (as usual.. he's very popular since he's one of the few that believes in natural birth), so the ultrasound technician suggested I go get food that would upset my stomach and wake baby up before coming back and she would re-check quickly between patients.

At this point,  it hit me. I thought it was a boy. I had never had a baby girl dream. But, this was one stubborn baby.. Just like her mama. I changed what I had thought, but still had no clue!  I almost wanted to cry because I had been so excited to find out the sex and now I might know. I really didn't want another ultrasound.

We ran to Zaba's and put the SPICY-MAKE-MY-MOUTH/THROAT/STOMACH-BURN salsa and Coldstone to get thick, creamy cheesecake ice cream with brownies and caramel. My, oh MY, did that wake baby up! After seeing my doctor, we slipped in quickly for an ultrasound. The second it was put on my belly, baby had legs spread showing it all!

It's a....

GIRL!

My sister's best friend from high school/ basically a big sister is my hair dresser. We planned to put pink or blue on my ends once we knew before heading to my parents for a small gender reveal. I kept my hair behind my shoulders when I walked in. Most people thought it was going to be a boy and were dressed in blue. Or at least they were praying for me that it was going to be a boy.

We had a laid back pizza dinner, but I was so glad I could share it with my family and friends that are basically family. Also, my mom made this ADORABLE diaper motorcycle for us! Our theme is giraffes :)

Perfect timing for my 4-week picture!!